Building construction



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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed Aug. 17, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 tkozhmq Patented `une 17, 1930 UNITED STATES HYMEN A. BLANCHARD, F BUFFALO, NEW' YORK BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Application led August 17, 1927. Serial No. 213,568.

This invention relates to improvements in building constructions and is more particu larly directed to a combination of elements which may be assembled in situ and which f consists generally of supporting columns and frame bars and concrete slabs or equivalent Wall elements whose assembly is maintained by the frame parts, the construction being especially available for, although not limited to, small out-buildings such as garages and the like.

The principal object of the invention is to provide frame parts of novel form and relation such that the supporting columns may have all necessary stability without the use of the usual foundation and may also be quickly and easily set up, accurately alined and centered, and securely maintained against sagging or yielding. v

A further object is to provide frame parts which may be composed of conventional rolled structural shapes and may, therefore, be produced and made ready for use at compartively slight expense.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing where- Figure'l is a perspective view of the completed building with roof and door removed.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary detail View of the window frame construction.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary top plan view of the window frame.

Figure 4 is a. horizontal section through a front corner column.

. Figure 5 is a perspective, partly in section showing details of construction at the rear corner and side supporting columns.

Figure 6 is a horizontal section through a side supporting column with slabs in place.

Figure 7 is a horizontal section through a rear corner supporting column with slabs in place.

Figure 8 isa perspective view of an inside corner.

' Figure 9- is a perspective view of a slab.

Figure 10 is a topv plan view of a slab. Figure 11 is a fragmentary perspective of the slab showing details of the top and side edges of the slab.

rIhe frame of the building is composed of parts which may be made from standard rolled or structural shapes. The frame includes a number of vertical columns which maintain the assembly of the wall elements. The construction shown embodies two front columns 1 and 2, two rear columns 3 and 4, and intermediate columns 5. The columns 1, 5, and 3 at one side of the building are formed to provide pairs of opposed channels in which the wall elements are tted; and the columns 2, 5, and 4f at the opposite side of the building and the columns 3, 5, and 4 at the rear end of the building are similarly formed for a like purpose. The columns 1 and 2 in the construction shown serve as parts of the door frame and are therefore not constructed to provide for the arrangement of wall elements between them. Y

The column 1 is composed of an angle iron member 6 having attached, as by rivets or otherwise suitably,` vto the inner face of its front flange a second but smaller angle iron member 7 which in connection with the side of the first angle iron member provides a vertical channel 8 facing rearward. The column 2 is similarly constructed. The column 3 consists of an angle iron member 9 having' riveted or otherwise attached to the inner face of its rear flange a channel iron member l0, the channel of which faces laterally and the base ofl which in connection with the side flange of the member 9 provides a channel 11 facing forwardly. The column 4 is similarly constructed. 85

The columns 5 are each composed of two channel iron members 12 attached as by rivets back to back and providing channels which face the channels of the adjacent columns of the same wall.

Each of said columns has one end embedded and anchored in an individual pre-cast block 13 ofV concrete. In erecting the structure, a number of holes are dug in the ground and partially filled with a slush mixture of concrete. The concrete blocks 13 are then positioned in the holes after which the upwardly extending columns are alined and relatively centered by sill bars 14 which are preferably angle irons and are suitably attached, as by ing the concrete blocks and suitably maintaining the desired position until the slush mixture has hardened or .set. The foundation holes may now be filled up with dirt or other suitable material which is tamped about Y the blocks 13. The frame ris completed by side walls. ported by the blocks 13, resting upon the horizontal upper bars `along its four sides and which are preferably angle irons, their vertical parts'being Vattached to the outer faces of the columns. yThe front upper bar 15 Vhas its horizontal part directed inward and may serve as a support for the door (not shown), for this purpose being providedvwith hanging irons 16. The side and rear upper bars 17 preferably have their horizontal parts directed outward. Their utility is 'to brace the columns to one another and maintain their relative centering at their upper ends and also in combination with the bar 15 to provide a support for the roof.v vThis mayv be of any suitableconstruction and its illustration is deemed unnecessary. By supporting the roof upon members which projectJ outward beyond theV columns seepageof moisture or rain water into the building or between the wall elements is avoided. The horizontal part of the front bar 15 is cutaway at its ends to providerecesses 18 which aline with the channels 8.

The walls of the building are completed by any :suitable wall elements. Concrete slabs 19 are preferably employed. These are vformed with cut away portions 20 extending along their vertical edges so as to provide reduced terminal portions which fit closely in the opposing channelsof adjacent columns,-v

the faces of the slabs being flush with the outer'surfaces of such columns. The vertical edge faces of the slabs arealso formed with longitudinal grooves 21 to provide clearances for the heads of the rivets or other fastenings by which the parts of the several columns are secured together. yThe diagonally opposite horizontal edges of the slabsare cut away or rabbeted as at 22 so as to lap over one another in a manner known as ship-lap and thus provide a water tight joint, the lower joint line being on the outer side of the building. In order to reinforce the building, the columns at the ends of the side walls and the rear wall are connected by tie rods 23 which extend through grooves 24 in the upper faces of the slabs and through apertures in` the columns 5, the tie rod in the rear wall being odset one slabfrom the tie rods in the 'Ihe lowermost slab 19 is supupper faces of adjacent blocks and in this way each pairv of blocks 13 provides support for a section of the wall.

A. window frame may be provided in one of the walls of the building by substituting two short length slabs 19 for two slabs of the standard length in one of the intermediate sections of such wall and utilizing the channel in the adjacent supporting column 5 as one side of the frame. The corresponding opposite vertical side ofthe frame is provided by two short length channel bars 25 secured back to back, whereby one channel fits over the slabs 19Va and the other channel is available for holding the window. The upper and lower window frame bars may be similarly constructed but are preferably provided by Y the backs of single channel irons 26, the channels'of which iit over the adjacent slab. v

It will of course be understood that the embodiment herein shown represents a building of the simplest form and that the features of the invention are applicable to buildings of varying and more elaborate f design. It will also be understood that hollow walls may be used if desired, the provision for this va- V riation consisting merely in making the channels of the columns of suiiicient widthto carry two series of slabs'which may be separated from one another by wooden spacing blocks secured to the bases of the channels. Y

Having fully described my invention, I

claim: 1. In a concrete building structure a framework consisting of vertical columns, each .having its lower end anchored in a pre-cast concrete block and formed with vertical structural channels to be arranged in opposing relation to the similar vertical channel of an adjacent column and horizontal sill bars adapted for connection tov said columns along the lines of wall extent and at corresponding;

points of their height thereby to brace said columns to one another and effecttheir alinement and relative centering in combination with wall elements for which said blocks provide support, the assembly of said wall elements being maintained by the opposing channels of adjacent columns, said blocks being adapted for alining adjustment in holes in they groundA severally provided therefor and for support on individual foundations in such holes.

2. In a concrete building structure a framework consisting of vertical columns, each having its lower end anchored in a precase concrete block and formed with vertical channels to be arranged in opposing relation to the vertical channel of an adjacent column, horizontal sill bars adapted for connection to saidV columns along the lines of'wall extent and at corresponding points of their height thereby to brace said columns to one another and effect their alinement and relative centering, and horizontal roof supportingbars seiso cured to said columns at their upper ends and along the lines of wall extent, in combination with wall elements for which said blocks provide support, the assembly of said wall elements being maintained by the opposing channels of adjacent columns, said blocks being adapted for alining adjustment in holes in the ground severally provided therefor and for support on individual foundations in such holes.

3. In a concrete building structure a framework consisting of vertical columns, each having its lower end anchored in a precast concrete block and formed with vertical structural channels to be arranged in opposing relation to the similar vertical channels of an adjacent column and horizontal sill bars adapted for connection to said columns along the lines of wall extent and at points where the bars engage all of said blocks, thereby to brace Said columns to one another and effect their alinement and relative centering in combination with wall elements for which said blocks provide support, the assembly of said wall elements being maintained by the opposing channels of adjacent columns, said blocks being adapted for alining adjustment in holes in the ground severally provided therefor and for support on individual foundations in such holes.

4. In a concrete building structure a framework consisting of vertical columns, each having its lower end anchored in a precast concrete block and formed with vertical channels to be arranged in opposing relation to the vertical channel of an adjacent column, horizontal sill bars adapted for connection to said columns along the lines of wall extent and at corresponding points of their height thereby to brace said columns to one another and effect their alinement and relative centering, and horizontal roof supporting bars secured to said columns at their upper ends and along the lines of wall extent, one of said roof bars being provided with door hangers and cooperating with adjacent columns to form a doorway in combination with wall elements for which said blocks provide support, the assembly of said wall elements being maintained by the opposing channels of adjacent columns, said blocks being adapted for alining adjustment in holes in the ground severally provided therefor and for support on individual foundations in such holes.

In testimony whereof I hereby affix my signature.

I-IYMEN A. BLANCHARD. 

